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Share-Based Payments (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Stock Option and Restricted Stock Unit Compensation Expense | Compensation expense, included within other selling and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of operations, related to stock options and RSUs is as follows:
|  | For the Three Months Ended |
|  | March 31, 2014 |  |  | March 31, 2013 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Stock option compensation expense |  | $ | 2,560 |  |  | $ | 2,609 |
RSU compensation expense |  |  | 10,133 |  |  |  | 11,253 |
|  | $ | 12,693 |  |  | $ | 13,862 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the amount of total share-based compensation cost, including the amounts attributable to each share-based compensation award type. + References No definition available. + Details
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